[ i like that he sulks but won't pet it. chaolie exists bc you called me out, so the little chao is bumping into adolphe's legs and gesturing for uppies!! uppies!! ]

[ charlie is quiet for a bit, but.... here is a truncated version: ]

.... Well, I.... am a huge failure. Back home, I gave people hope that they wouldn't be slaughtered. I told them I'd defend them no matter what. And--- I did. But I lost.... and died. I let them down.